Save Bury - Buy a Seat

Last updated : 07 March 2002 By Bob Gear
Bury Football Club has less than two weeks to raise £400,000. If the administrators cannot satisfy the courts demands that this figure is reached, THEN BURY FOOTBALL CLUB WILL FOLD.

It is as simple as that.

The club has less than two weeks to survive. We have to get this message across to as many people as possible. One fund raising idea that the club have come up with is for supporters to purchase a seat at Gigg Lane. We have 12,000 seats that are now up for sale. If you buy a seat, then your name will be placed on that seat.

It is now imperative that we sell all these seats and move the club forward. Please read the following guide on how you can buy a seat and help to save Bury Football Club from vanishing into the history books. Bury Football Club have been swamped with messages of support and a massive amount of interest in the “Buy a Seat” campaign. Therefore the following announcement has been created in order to answer your questions.

1. How can I buy a seat to save the Shakers
There are many ways to pay for your seat. You can visit the ground; the ticket office may well be converted to handle all transactions for supporters arriving at the ground.
Phone the club – 0161 764 4881 or 0161 705 2144
Fax the club – 0161 764 5521 or 0161 763 3103 - please include your phone number and address
2. What is the minimum cost for a seat?
The minimum cost for a seat is £10.00. Many people are offering more for one seat. You may pay anything for your seat, but please keep it at £10.00 or more is you wish to donate more.
3. Can I buy more than one seat?
You may buy as many seats as you want, but please remember, the minimum cost is £10.00 per seat.
4. What can I do as a business or company?
You may buy a whole row of seats, there are 26 seats in a row and the cost will be £260.00 or more is you wish to buy more.
5 Can I purchase a seat on-line?
It is hoped that a facility will be open on the clubs official web site on Monday or Tuesday. This is being looked at now by the webmaster.
6 What if the club runs out of seats?
If we run out of seats then we will start on the bricks and sell them.
7. What will I get for my donation?
The club are actively looking at producing labels with your name on them. A supplier has been found and is willing to make these labels for free. Please do not expect these labels to be placed on your seats immediately. The main aim of this project is to raise funds to save the club. All seats purchased will be labelled and this will not start until the two week period is over.
8. How can I spread the word about this appeal?
he appeal is being sent out as a national press release. We urgently ask all supporters to spread the word, tell your friends, tell your family, talk to radio stations, talk to TV Stations, talk to everyone you meet. We need as much publicity on this as possible.
The club will not stop any supporter who wishes to make appeals via local or national media. Spread this message as far and as wide as you possibly can. All web users have a massive medium to achieve a massive response. Please hit every message board that you can find and link back to this article. The full address for this page is:- http://www.buryfc.co.uk/today/view/breaking_news_detail/0,,10422~183167,00.html If you can drop this URL onto all message boards then it will go a long way to achieving our goal - The Survival of Bury Football Club
9. Will the supporters be kept informed of the progress?
Most definately, the web site will be updated as often as possible. Finally, time is not on our side, we need to do this quickly. We have lost two days already with this appeal.